FSOSS

One Laptop Per Child

Chris will give an overview of the project, the hardware, some of the unique environmental challenges posed by the project and go over some of the innovative solutions included in this unique hardware and software platform.

Chris Blizzard, One Laptop Per Child Project

Chris has been hanging around the free software community since some time in the mid-90s. In that time he's touched GNOME, maintained bits of the Mozilla backend and cared far too much about the success of free software on desktops. He's been happily working at Red Hat, Inc for the last 7 years and most recently has been on assignment working on the One Laptop per Child project. The project aims to bring laptops to millions of children throughout the developing world in order to give them the tools to learn and grow. He also sits on the board of directors of the Mozilla Corporation.